BestROM — POCO F6 (peridot) — 2026-08-18

Android 16 / VoltageOS 16.2 base · Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (SM8635) · A/B Maintainer: Sal · Source: https://github.com/Mohithash

A privacy-first, root-friendly Android 16 build for the POCO F6, centred on PrivacyKit-Native — a no-root, per-app identity spoofer baked into the platform.

UNOFFICIAL / self-signed — verify the checksum before flashing.

Highlights

PrivacyKit-Native (the reason this ROM exists)

• ~57 framework identifiers spoofed per-app with no root: android_id, Build. (coherent device templates + SoC), IMEI/IMSI/MEID/ICCID, SIM operator set, ad/GSF/Firebase IDs, MediaDRM, accounts, Wi-Fi/BT MACs, device-state flags, install-time, device_name, location + GNSS coherence* (fake pin no longer contradicted by real satellites/NMEA).
• Six rule types per identifier: Real / Static / Random-per-launch / Random-daily / Custom / Empty.
• 17 built-in device templates + one-tap AI profile generation (bring your own OpenAI/DeepSeek/Gemini key) directly from the app's profile list.
• Add-to-launcher shortcuts that boot an app straight into a chosen profile.
• DeviceServices companion (LSPosed): activates the fragile in-process hooks (GMS App Set ID / Advertising ID, GSF, Firebase) once you have root + LSPosed; fully inert and unnamed-as-such on a stock no-root device.

Privacy / detection hardening

• PIF, TrickyStore (in-framework — no Magisk/KSU module), app-spoof, hide-app-list (Powerhub → Misc → Spoofing).
• Detection-free base (build.prop/sepolicy hardening).
• Honest ceiling: hardware KeyStore attestation is not defeated — nothing here claims otherwise.

Battery & smoothness

• MGLRU pinned on (survives a device_config push), zram=zstd, HWUI/dexopt/RCU tuning, charging limit (Settings → Battery → Charging control), since-boot deep-sleep in Detailed battery stats, Wi-Fi-wakeup off by default, per-app refresh-rate control.

Stability

• Fixes the system_server crash + soft-reboot on APK install/uninstall (base getDefaultHome(USER_ALL) bug guarded).

Included

Freezer (app hibernation), Powerhub customization suite, LeanType keyboard, Updater, Gramophone.

Flashing (fastbootd)

1. adb reboot fastboot (into fastbootd, not bootloader).
2. Flash system system_ext product vendor boot vendor_boot dtbo from the zip's images.
3. First install: wipe data. Verify the sha256 first.

Checksum

sha256  d7088ce66679de999ae0c9aa591d90e5b74d859c184af8d671feb9526b2a222d  BestROM-sal-20260818.zip

Known / honest limits

• UNOFFICIAL, self-signed — not a locked-bootloader / Play-Integrity-strong build.
• The DeviceServices companion needs root + LSPosed to do anything; no-root users can ignore it.
• Not affiliated with VoltageOS; this is a personal fork.